March 17, 2021
Wed. 03/17 - Why Doesn't Channel 37 Exist?
Why analog TVs never had channel 37. Spoiler: the answer includes aliens. The rise of bitcoin ATMs. And the pretty amusing self-reported symptoms from the AstraZeneca vaccine. And all the latest breaking marine mammal news.
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Links:
- Why You Generally Can't Find TV Stations on Channel 37 (Tedium)
- This Month in Physics History (APS News)
- Bitcoin ATMs are coming to a gas station near you (Reuters)
- Dogecoin Will Be Available in Bitcoin ATMs Across America (Crypto Briefing)
- What are AstraZeneca's self-reported side effects? (Quartz)
- There's a whale in the San Francisco Bay right now, something never before seen in March (SF Gate)
- ‘Putrid’ stench of rotting whale carcass on Australian beach leaves locals retching (The Guardian)
- Exploding Whale 50th Anniversary, Remastered! (KATU News, YouTube)
- Thu. 07/02 - The Exploding Whale Memorial Park (is a real thing) (Kottke Ride Home)
- Arctic walrus takes a nap on an iceberg, wakes up in Ireland (LiveScience)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
